Relations between parents and children and siblings and mates. This is not external. We can’t separate them.
DALLAS WILLARDTo allow lust (or strong desires) to govern our life is to exalt our will over God’s.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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Grace is not opposed to effort; it’s opposed to earning.
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The key, then, to loving God is to see Jesus, to hold him before the mind with as much fullness and clarity as possible. It is to adore him.
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The transformation of the social world is at its heart the transformation of personal relations. That’s the key to transforming society in the larger arena.
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If we do not make formation in Christ the priority, then we’re just going to keep on producing Christians that are indistinguishable in their character from many non-Christians.
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You can live opposite of what you profess, but you cannot live opposite of what you believe.
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In one way or another, it is a common mistake to think transformation is all in the will. And it isn’t! It’s in the mind – how we think, what occupies our minds, and so forth. It’s in our feelings. It’s in our body.
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The main thing God gets out of your life is not the achievements you accomplish. It’s the person you become.
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If we allow everything access to our mind, we are simply asking to be kept in a state of mental turmoil or bondage. For nothing enters the mind without having an effect for good or evil.
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At the center of care for the heart is the love of God. This must be the joyful aim of our life.
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Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
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The first act of love is always the giving of attention.
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We don’t have to be brilliant.
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I’m practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.
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It is the responsibility of every Christ-centred follower to carve out a satisfying life under the loving rule of God or else sin will start to look good.
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Make disciples. Surround them in the reality of the Trinity in a fellowship of disciples. Teach them to do everything Jesus says.
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